I liked Babs playing Matthews with the 4th line but please no Komarov. I'd sooner see him promote Kap and put Marner with him for the extra shift.Polak was pretty good tonight with Dermott. Kid looks good for sure. Kaps/Dermott are not going anywhere unless it's temporary to make room for Sosh. Both are keepers.Preds are a really good team. Love how their D pinch all the time.

Especially liked Kapanen out there, his speed, skill, and penalty-killing. He's a keeper, and one to improve even more over time.

Overall, despite Nashville leaning heavily on the Leafs in the third with Freddy dumbfounding the Predators again and again, this was a satisfactory win, and the Leafs showed their mettle in going head-to-head against one of the NHL's big, tough, & best teams.

Roman Josi was also drafted with a pick (38th in 2008) that had actually originally belonged to the Leafs. The Leafs sent that pick to Arizona in the Yanic Perreault trade, and Arizona later sent the pick to Nashville, who selected Josi.

Roman Josi was also drafted with a pick (38th in 2008) that had actually originally belonged to the Leafs. The Leafs sent that pick to Arizona in the Yanic Perreault trade, and Arizona later sent the pick to Nashville, who selected Josi.

Roman Josi was also drafted with a pick (38th in 2008) that had actually originally belonged to the Leafs. The Leafs sent that pick to Arizona in the Yanic Perreault trade, and Arizona later sent the pick to Nashville, who selected Josi.

God I hate these stories...

Fortunately, Perreault had 5 points in 17 games for the Leafs, so it all worked out.